The highway code mentions going straight or turning right. It does not mention turning left. Perhaps because turning left by common sense does not block any traffic. Imagine one turning left and found the traffic on his left ahead jammed. How could he see it around the corner? Imagine while this car is stopping, another car coming from the opposite side and turning right stopped by the side of the car turning left, both in the box. The car turning right is excused and the one turning left is not? I think there's logic why the highway code did not mention the car turning left.

Thank you for your response. As for the left turn, the point is if the exit is clear as one can see before entering the box, what happens if , as they are turning left, the pedestrian light went green and the car in front stopped? Is it enough to show the exit was clear when entering the box and the pedestrians were not crossing?

Contravention 31 says "do not enter the box unless your exit is clear or if you are turning right and need to wait because of oncoming moving traffic. It does not say anything about turning left. One can not see a clear exit as it is around the corner, especially where there is a pedestrian traffic light that goes green immediately after the green light for the traffic turning left. Why isn't it treated like the right turn? Or is it?

Exactly honeybee13 And thank you for your supportive words.

Dear Mr Noah1 I definitely don't want to waste anybody's time. My main post had all the information I have. I was answering all your questions although they were already in the main post or could be deducted from it. I did not mention any letter received from the LA, because I din't receive any. I also mentioned that I was allocated the minimum, which is for shared accommodation, and mentioned that it was less than that for a one-bedroom flat. What do you think I discussed with them? There is no more information or details than what I mentioned. I do not understand what you mean by not to expect precise reply? Did I criticise anything? You really made me regret having posted here, and it's a lesson to me. If you do not have an answer, or did not understand the nature of my query, say so, but please don't accuse me of wasting your time.

The council calculated for me an allowance of £82/w, which is the least in the LHA , i.e for a shared accommodation. I do not think they would allocate less than that for my daughter, because there's no less than that in the LHA for my area. Moreover, when I asked about the allocation for my daughter, they said she has to take the TA to the universal credit and they are the ones to allocate it. She did, but was told it was not their domain and that they do not allocate HB.

Thank you. I will request a revision. It's good to know I have grounds for this request. They did not take consideration of the actual rent, my age or any other factor. They know ( I suppose) that I am on Credit Guarantee since I have been living in this house for many years and was awarded a one bedroom flat HB allowance according to the LHA.

The problem is not how they calculated her HB. Actually they haven't calculated it yet. The problem is how they calculated my allowance: shared accommodation at £82 / week. No consideration was given to age, nor to the actual rent.They just concentrated on the "joint tenancy".

She is 31 years 11 months

Thank you. Final question: If it comes to the worst, can I ask the landlord to issue a different TA? Since we would not be able to pay the rent?

What else would be there on the TA that can change anything? There are our two names and the rent. Why wouldn't the calculation take the rent into account? How can both of us pay £164/ w for a house where I alone were paid £173/w ? I asked what to do when I told them my daughter came to stay with me, but I was not advised to get a tenancy for her. She never had a tenancy in her name before and was treated as a non dependant and we received HB for a two bed accommodation. What's the use of LHA in our case? How can this situation be corrected?

The Tenancy agreement is NOT by the LA. This is privately rented

Yes. I submitted the new rent agreement with the new increased rent. I knew of the increase. I did not apply for a Discretionary Housing Fund because I feel that treating both of us as in shared accommodation instead of a mother and a non dependent daughter is a mistake. The LHA gives us the allocation for a two bed-room flat not 2 shared accommodations. Or that's what I expect.

I am 68 yrs old and my daughter ( 32yrs) came to live with me after being away for 4 years working abroad. I used to get a one bedroom HB in a 3 bedroom house where I lived alone. After the return of my daughter, the council decided that we get shared accommodation each (£82 X 2/ w), which is less than the one bedroom allowance I used to get when I was living alone (app. £175./w). Th reason was that the new tenancy agreement has both our names on it. Is this a good reason? Do I stand a chance to contest this, although now the new rent has risen with the arrival of my daughter? I am on pension credit guarantee and my daughter is on universal credit, standard allowance

A foreign business man comes to London for a conference and before leaving his country he told the host that he would stay two more weeks to enroll on a short course they held. He arrives and after the confence he started the course after paying the full fees. Three days into the course they terminated his enrollment on the basis that he did not have a student visa. He went to the home office where he was told that he did not need one since his entry visa does not forbid him from taking short courses. The problem is he has to leave on Saturdy and he missed three days of the course. The course is of no use now and he is obliged to stay on his expenses or pay extra money to return before his flight reservation. The institute suggested to refund him the course fees minus the three days he attended with no regard to their mistake which cost him non attendance and non needed extra accommodation expenses. Where should he turn to complain?